Weather and River Report for Decatur and Vicinity
The Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge stood at 17.10 feet above sea level with a 551.40 ft base level. Today should be sunny and cool with a high near 54, tonight fair and cold, winds west 3 to 15 mph, and Monday forecast as fair and warmer. Sunset 5 12 p.m. Moonrise 3 58 p.m. Full Moon Jan 28. The Twins Pollux near the Moon at 35 light years.
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Tennessee
Keller Memorial Bridge
Pollux
French Leaders Weigh Recognition of Red China
In Taipei a French diplomat Gen Zinovi Peckoff presented Paris push to normalize relations with the Communist regime without harming ties with Formosa. Reports say Nationalist China may break with De Gaulle if recognition proceeds. Pinay urged allied consultation before swift action.
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Taipei
Zinovi Peckoff
Foreign Legion
Peckoff
Red China
Formosa
France
China
de Gaulle
Peking
Antoine Pinay
Rene Pleven
Madrid
Pinay
British Radio Appeal Over Mutiny in Tanganyika
British Nyerere urged mutinous soldiers in the bush to surrender and denounced their actions as foolish. He noted Kenya and Uganda’s problems prevented seeking their help. In Nairobi troops guarded key points to prevent a full uprising against Prime Minister Kenyatta. Commandos reportedly in control after mutinies at Kahawa and Camp Lanet despite sniper fire.
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Nyerere
Tanganyika
Kenya
Uganda
Nairobi
Jomo Kenyatta
Kahawa
Camp Lanet
Births in Madison Decatur and Richardson regions
Mr and Mrs Bobby Graben announce a son born Saturday at Baugh Wiley Smith Hospital. Mr and Mrs Horace Crow Jr report a son Saturday at the same hospital in Decatur. Mr and Mrs Robert E Engle welcome a boy Friday at Decatur General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Frank Tompkins Richardson III announce a daughter Saturday named Amanda Sorrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Graben
Madison
Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital
Horace Crow Jr
Decatur
Robert E. Engle
Betty St
Decatur General Hospital
Frank Tompkins Richardson, III
Amanda Sorrell
Funeral for Mrs Caldonie Gaines Held at Mt Mariah Church
The funeral for Mrs Caldonie Gaines who died Friday at 11 15 am at her Valdermose Springs residence will be held Wednesday at 1 pm at Mt Mariah Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Draper Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. She is survived by five sons Bruce Gaines Talucah Tommy Gaines Dayton Ohio and Luther Gaines Allison.
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Caldonie Gaines
Valdermose Springs
Mt. Mariah Methodist Church
Draper
Reynolds
Bruce Gaines
Talucah
Tommy Gaines
Dayton
Ohio
Luther Gaines
Allison
Deaths Piedmont Mrs Jean P Alexander 40
Mrs Jean P Alexander 40 of 409 S Main St Piedmont died Friday at Piedmont Hospital after a short illness. Services to be announced for burial at Highland Cemetery. Survivors include husband Henry W Alexander Sr two sons and one daughter, six sisters and two brothers. She lived in Piedmont nine years and was a First Baptist Church member.
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Piedmont
Jean P. Alexander
S. Main St
Piedmont Hospital
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Henry W. Alexander Sr
Henry W. Alexander Jr
U. S. Air Force
Robert ‘Stanley Alexander
Jean Alexander
Alpha’ J. Givins
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nina J. Smith
Birmingham
Eula J. Aldridge
Marcilla Turner
Moulton
Sybil Gibson
Martha Terry
Town Creek
Robert A. Jenkins
Morristown
E. T. Jenkins
Washington, D.C
Alexander
Rober son 71 Hart selle obituary notice
Frank Roberson 71 of Hartselle died Friday at his residence at 7 10 p.m. Services are today at 2 p.m. at Johnson Chapel Methodist Church with Rev Harold Wright officiating. Burial in the adjoining cemetery Peck directing. Survivors include a brother Tom Roberson and several half siblings and nieces and nephews. A World War I veteran and Baptist church member. Pallbearers listed. Body remains at home until service time.
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Hartselle
Frank Roberson
Johnson Chapel Methodist Church
Harold Wright
Peck
Tom Roberson
Moulton
Estes Roberson
Decatur
Donna Brown
Michigan
John Roberson
Buddy Roberson
Mitchell Roberson
Lonnie Roberson
Falkville
Lee Roberson
Florida
Roberson
The
Baptist Church
William Roberson
Earl Roberson Jr
Dennis Roberson
Lonnie Triner
Lyndon Parker
Wayne Wright
John F Flannagin obituary in Moulton Alabama
John Freeman Flannagin 91 of Moulton died Friday at 11 08 am at his residence. Funeral was at Landersville Church of Christ with Dennis Tucker and James Hood officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery Elliott Brown Service directing. Survived by widow Mrs Jimpy Jane Flannagin three sons Haleyville Albert and John Flannagin all of Moulton two step sons Noah Gibson Jasper Irvin Gibson Town Creek three daughters Mrs Rosie Beene Mrs Pearlie Louallen and Mrs Lelar Parker all of Moulton one step daughter Mrs I D Holliman Ovett Miss and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mrs Flannagin was a member of Hollis Church of Christ.
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Moulton
John Freeman Flannagin
Landersville
Lewis Anderson Sheets dies after two months illness
Lewis Anderson Sheets 74 of Trinity 1 died Friday at 3 30 p m at his residence after a brief illness. Funeral was at Morris Chapel Methodist Church with Rev John Blaxton officiating. Burial in adjoining cemetery Elliott Brown Service in charge. He was a retired farmer native of Lawrence County and a Sulphur Springs Baptist Church member. Survived by Effie Lee Sheets a daughter Miss Mary Sheets two sons Robert Sheets Grover Sheets two half sisters Mrs Flossie Heflin Mrs Mattie South one step-brother Joe Winchester six grandchildren and several pallbearers Elton Hitt John E Tucker Reno Tucker A Z Tucker Quenton Lentz Barkley Lentz.
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Moulton
Lewis Anderson Sheets
Trinity 1
Morris Chapel
John Blaxton
Elliott-Brown
Effie Lee Sheets
Mary Sheets
Trinity
Robert Sheets
Grover Sheets
Flossie Heflin
Mattie South
Joe Winchester
Elton Hitt
John E. Tucker
Reno Tucker
A. Z. Tucker
Quenton Lentz
Barkley Lentz
Sheets
Lawrence County
Sulphur Springs Baptist Church
Mrs Vashti Thrasher dies after illness at Hillsboro home
Mrs Vashti Thrasher 85 wife of the late Walter Thrasher died Saturday at 1 50 am at her Hillsboro home after an illness. She was born in Missouri and lived in Hillsboro most of her life. Survived by two daughters and a son. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Moulton
Vashti Gillespie Thrasher
Hillsboro
Iher
Hospital Dismissals List From Local Records
Dismissals include William Pitts at 1812 7th St SE and Dock Murphy of Madison 3. Rev. Gordon McCurry from Somerville 3 and Cecil Bogle of Eva 1 are noted. Also listed are B M Summerford of Hartselle Mrs. Joe Croney Elkton Dismissals Master Leron Harper Trinity Thee Brooks 819 3rd Ave SE Lemuel Massey 1812 Chestnut Mrs. Bobby White 408 3rd Ave SW Master Michael White 408 3rd Ave SW Miss Janie Oliver 505 Nell St Mrs. Bradley Jones 1703 Colfax and Howard Lott Cullman.
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William Pitts
St. SE
Dock Murphy
Madison
Gordon McCurry
Somerville
Cecil Bogle
Eva
Hartselle
Thee Brooks
3Rd Ave
Lemuel Massey
Bobby White
Michael White
Janie Oliver
Nell St
Bradley Jones
Colfax Howard Lott
Cullman
Residents listed at multiple addresses in local notice
A column lists numerous residents with addresses across several streets including Betty Street Southwest Carridale Street Southwest Sherman Street Johns ton Street 8th Avenue Southeast Decatur Athens Clarksville Somerville College Street Cleveland Avenue Southeast and nearby areas. Entries include adults and children with Mrs Mr Master and infant designations.
Flint Civinettes Install Officers in February Meeting
Flint City civil group Flint Civinettes will install officers February 3 at Mrs. Norman Heckler's home. Incoming officers are Mary Howard president Kathleen Edwards vice president Margaret Howard secretary and Norman Heckler treasurer. Members listed include Mary Howard Kathleen Howard Elizabeth Baine Murrell Fulmer Patsy Howard Ermonne Lee and Earl Stewart.
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Flint City
Civinette Club
Norman Heckler
Mary Howard
Kathleen Edwards
Margaret Howard
Kathleen Howard
Elizabeth Baine
Murrell Fulmer
Patsy Howard
Ermonne Lee
Earl Stewart
Edwards
Decatur
Lloyd Rogers
Ray Albert
Howard Weaver
Howard
Thrasher family records and church services noted
Former banker affiliated with the Federal Intermediate Credit Corp and the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans died after a long career ending with board chairmanship. Services at Harmony Baptist Church with burial in Gillespie Cemetery. survivors include three daughters and four sons, with grand and great grand children.
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Metairie
Federal Intermediate Credit Corp
Federal Land Bank
New Orleans
Bank
GOP votes plan budget and new district committee picks
The Alabama Republican Party outlined a six month salary outlay of 24500 and projects a campaign budget surpassing 500000. Four new committeemen were named for districts three and eight Huntsville Russellville Union Springs Decatur and Moore won his seat 31 votes to 13. Sam Pointer Jr. urged ballot security officers by May 1 and committee oversight of irregularities. Tom Abernethy to chair resolutions. J R Bennett and Gordon Lawless named to key committees. Coordinators named across 13 regions to steer party organization.
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Alabama
Horace G. Bramm
William Hutchens
Huntsville
James T. Moore
Russellville
Hugh McInnish
Union Springs
Moore
R. L. Penn
Decatur
Roland Oliver
Birmingham
Sam Pointer Jr
Pointer
Tom Abernethy
Talladega
J R. Bennett
Greenville
Gordon Lawless
Tuscaloosa
GOP
Montgomery
Allocation By Counties to Republican State Convention
Allocation by counties lists delegates and alternates for the June 6 Montgomery convention. Based on one per day plus extra for each 500 vote bloc in the 1962 U S Senate race and for counties carrying the Republican majority, the roster includes Autauga through De and other counties with their counts.
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Mobile
Montgomery
U. S. Senate
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bible
Haggermaker Brothers top Limestone 4-H talent contest
Gerald and Billy Haggermaker won senior division honors performing flat and scrub style music. Vicki Gey of Athens Bible School captured elementary top honors with a piano solo. Twenty five entries competed with judges Lindsay Bearden Harper.
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Limestone County 4 H
Limestone County
Vicki Gey
Gerald
Billy Haggermaker
Athens
Grand Ole” Opry
Flatt
Scruggs
Clements School
Athens Bible School
Dwight Moran
Charles Lovell
Owens Junior High School
Bowers Sisters
Elkmont
Angela Carter
Jerry Craig
Kent Stark
William Moore
Allen Huber
Charles Gover
Mamie Ruth Grisham
Haggermaker Brothers
Auburn University
Athens Elementary School
Margaret Lindsay
Don Bearden
Jack Harper
Pat Waldrop
Gail Sandlin
Waldrop
Flint City Civitan Dinner Meeting Speaker
A dinner meeting of the Flint City Civitan Club will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Dr. Arthur Kelley will be the guest speaker.
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Flint City
Flint City Civitan Club
City Hall
Arthur Kelley
Counties Awarded Bonus Delegates for 1962 Senate Election
A list identifies 130 counties that received a bonus delegate for supporting a Republican in the 1962 senatorial race. Counties named include Autauga Baldwin Barbour Bibb Butler Chilton Choctaw Clarke Conecuh Covington Dale Dallas Elmore Escambia Geneva Henry Houston Jefferson Lowndes Marengo Mobile Montgomery Perry Pickens Pike Shelby Sumter Washington Wilcox and Winston.
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Kalb
Elmore
Escambia
Etowah
Fayette
Franklin
Geneva
Greene
Hale
Henry
Houston
Jackson
Jefferson
Lamar
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Lee
Limestone
Lowndes
Macon
Madison
Marengo
Marion
Marshall
Mobile
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Perry
Pickens
Pike
Randolph
Russell
Autauga
Baldwin
Barbour
Bibb
Butler
Chilton
Choctaw
Clarke
Conecuh
Covington
Dale
Dallas
Shelby
Sumter
Washington
Wilcox
Winston
Echo 2 Satellite Shows Orbit and Visibility Plans
Echo 2 the largest satellite to date is in a near circular orbit with an apogee of 816 miles and a perigee of 642 miles. NASA notes the craft should be visible from many global points during its three year life while a schedule for city visibility is announced after orbit calculations.
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Echo 2
Earth
NASA
U.S
Zemenky Observatory
Moscow
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Russia
Cape Kennedy
Cullman Youths Injured in Scooter Car Crash
Two Cullman youths Dale Brown 16 Lorrie Addition 17 and Jimmy Speegle 17 were injured when a scooter collided with a car at 5 09 p m Saturday at the 2nd Ave W and 9th St W intersection. They were taken to Cullman Hospital. Edwin Clarke Uzzell of Cullman was driving the car. Police say the car was turning when the collision occurred.
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Cullman
2Nd Ave
9Th St
Dale Brown
1St Ave
Lorrie Addition
Jimmy Speegle
Ancient Europeans Used Mistletoe For Ulcer Cures
Medieval accounts describe mistletoe as a remedy for ulcers among ancient European peoples. Healers attributed healing power to the plant’s sap and berries, citing folk traditions and early medical beliefs.
Wallace seeks gains in states rights campaign as 1964 primaries open
Wallace hopes increased recognition in his states rights push will strengthen bargaining. National loyalists won a squabble blocking an open accounting rule. Roy Mayhall of Jasper backed keeping no open-book policy, while the committee fought it out. Adoption of primary rules formally begins the 1964 campaign and candidates start filing.
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National Party
Roy Mayhall
Jasper
Wallace
Here s How They Voted in Alabama Democratic Committee
Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee adopted the favorite son rule binding delegates to support Gov. George Wallace until released. The roll lists 46 in favor many named across Mobile to Birmingham and Tuscaloosa with 25 opposed and one absent.
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Birmingham
Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee
George Wallace
Roy E. Haag
Fruitdale
Sam C. Blount
Milky
H. H. Matthews
Camden
W.H. Bruce
Catherine
John Y. Christopher
Butler
Phil Holmes
Mobile
John L. Moore
L. W. Brannan Jr
Foley
Henry Heller
Montgomery
Talladega
Lennard S. Thomas
Earl Goodwin
Selma
Charles Thomason
Anniston
John W. Walker Jr
Springville
C. W. McKay Jr
Sylacauga
Sam Venable Sr
Joe J. Phillips
John D. McQueen Jr
Tuscaloosa
Bruce Jones
W. C
Charles E. Rice
Sidney W. Smyer Jr
John W. McConnell Jr
Howard Haygood
Greenville
J. E. Brantley
Banks
Wiley Hickman
Gadsden
Roy Davis McCord
Y. G. Allen
J. Marvin Brock
Albertville
Charles A. Formby
Centre
Paul Kilpatrick
E.W. Skidmore
William E. Henderson
Centreville
Roy Mayhall
Jasper
James Folsom Cullman
B. Grady Wilson
Jaser
T. K. Selman
William I. Collier
Florence
Clyde W. Anderson
Charles E. Carmichael Jr
Tuscumbia
Charles Cummings Jr
Huntsville
Walter F. Eigenbrod
Murder charge filed in Decatur for Doris Harris death
Herbert Foster faced first degree murder charges after Doris Harris 33 died from multiple gunshot wounds at her Decatur home. Harris was shot Friday night and died Saturday morning as Foster was held in jail awaiting further proceedings. Funeral services are planned Wednesday at Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel. Survivors include her father Robert Davis and brother Robert Davis Jr.
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Herbert Foster
Doris Harris
Lafayette St. NW
Decautr
Harris
Decatur General Hospital
Lewis West
Morgan County
Ernest Bowman
Foster
Reynolds Funeral Home Chapel
Sykes Cemetery
Robert Davis
Robert Davis, Jr
Decatur
Bank and Credit Leaders Appointed in Gulf States
Garrett leads operations of the Federal land bank and production credit associations in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana as $314 million in farmer loans are reported. W W Fussell of Metairie La has died. John L Ryan becomes chairman and Steve Voelker acting chairman of the Presidents Committee. Re elected are John Ryan Neal Pendleton and Steve Voelker with listed officers for the three banks.
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Bama Agriculture
Garrett
Federal Land Bank
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
W. W. Fussell
Metairie
Jackson
Miss
John L. Ryan
Farm Credit Banks
Steve Voelker
Warner L. Bruner Jr
Thomas D. McCaffery
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
William E. Ulmer
Ernest P. Gieger
Frank S. Schneider
Thomas J. Chambress
Norman R. Hill Jr
Bank For Cooperatives
Walter C. Verlander Jr
Donald M. Nettles
Charles D. Powell
James C. Burns
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Decatur and
Coe
John F. Flannagin
Mrs. Vashti Thrasher
Joe Croney
Elkton
Leron Harper
Decatur General
John W. James
Carridale St
James Cooper
Danville
Emmitt M. Hamilton
Sherman St. James
Brent W. Lay
Mamie Livingston
W. A. Houser
Greenwood
J. E. Spain
8Th Ave
Donald Blackburn
Herman F. Bailey
O. W. Petty
Grant St
Clyde McConnell
College St
Charles E. Leopard
Wilburn Prater
13Th St
Ricky G. Coker
Cleveland Ave
George W. Tindall
Somerville Rd
Anthony H. Gaston
Flint Civinettes
Harmony Baptist Church
Ronald Manley
Phillip Alligon
Gillespie Cemetery
Russell Hill
J. M. Richburg
Mesquite
Tex
Hobson Terry
Dark Thrasher
Seagoville
Cecil Thrasher
Rupert Thrasher
Guy Thrasher
Republican Committee
Grenier
General Pary
Stanfield
Clyde Traylor
Fort Payne
J. W. Parks Jr
Aliceville
Tommy Thomas
Oneonta
Glenn Andrews
J. G. McDaniel
Hall Chambers
Linden
Smith Lanier II
West Point
John Batson
Fulton
Elisha Poole
Sam Farrer
Fitzpatrick
Connor
Owens
Bay Minette
Charles Chapman
Dothan
Haggermakers
Echo
United States
Mayhall
Decatur Shopping Center
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